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Según informes, el Departamento de Estado retira al MEK de Irán de la lista de organizaciones terroristas.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. State Department reportedly removed the terrorist designation from the Mujahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian anti-regime group. Numerous media reported MEK’s removal last Friday, although the State Department has yet to make a formal announcement. MEK in recent years has acquired the backing of some pro-Israel figures in its quest for legitimacy.…
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Bebés de Faluya: Bajo un nuevo tipo de asedio
Doctors and residents blame US weapons for catastrophic levels of birth defects in Fallujah’s newborns. Dahr Jamail Fallujah, Iraq – While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two devastating US attacks on Fallujah in 2004 for what…
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Abogado hondureño de derechos humanos que defendía a grupos agrarios fue asesinado en una boda.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A leading human rights lawyer who represented several Honduran agrarian groups in disputes with large landowners was killed by gunmen on Sunday, a land rights organization said. Antonio Trejo Cabrera, 41, was shot five times while attending a wedding in the capital, Tegucigalpa, the Peasant Movement of the Valley of Bajo Aguan…
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¿Islas del tesoro? La disputa entre Japón y China desata temores de guerra mientras Estados Unidos y Taiwán se pronuncian al respecto.
Taiwan recently entered a mounting dispute over islands in the East China Sea by sending dozens of fishing boats to the region. Analysts fear these tiny, uninhabited islands could become the flashpoint for a full-fledged international conflict. The islands at the center of the dispute are a small archipelago off the coast of Taiwan, claimed…
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Periodista arrestado por vandalizar un anuncio antimusulmán en el metro de Nueva York.
An Egyptian-American activist was arrested by the NYPD on Tuesday and charged with criminal mischief and graffiti for spray-painting an advertisement in a New York subway station that had been viewed as hateful to Muslims. Mona Eltahawy, 45, was detained by officers with the New York Police Department and held overnight after her attempts to…
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El consejo de la ONU examinará las fuerzas armadas de Malí.
THE UN Security Council says it is ready for a bloc of West African countries to submit a detailed plan for military intervention to root out Islamists who have seized control of Mali’s northern region. The Security Council called on Friday on the Economic Community of West African States to prepare a “feasible” plan for…
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Familiares exigen respuestas tras la muerte de un hombre con problemas mentales después de una descarga eléctrica con una pistola Taser.
by ELISA HAHN / KING 5 News They held vigil for Bill Williams Saturday night outside the very place he died, the Snohomish County Jail. “My husband was mentally ill and we were not able to receive the help we needed,” said Nancy Williams, his wife. “I don’t understand.” His family says Bill Williams battled…
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Un policía de Houston dispara y mata a un hombre en silla de ruedas con doble amputación.
A police officer in Houston has shot and killed a double amputee in a wheelchair after the man threatened his partner with what turned out to be a pen. The shooting happened in a group home, the owner of which called the police saying the man was causing a disturbance. Police representatives said that when…
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El movimiento obrero estadounidense y China
A Time for Honest Self-Reflection by ALBERTO C. RUIZ The statistics are chilling. In a country where workers have no real right to organize a union, they face an ever falling standard of living. The workers’ attempts to organize independent unions are faced with repression – 25% of the companies illegally fire workers who try…
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